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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 4h

Susan Collins's stance is indefensible.

A quarter million dollars in dark money behind her is indefensible.

Reopen the government, reverse the healthcare cuts, ban billionaires buying elections.

A headline from Axios: Super PAC launches $250,000 campaign defending Susan Collins on government shutdown

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 8h

Also, and not for nothing, he’s lying

Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 9h

The Speaker's default argument is to plead ignorance about things it's his job to know.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi claims that the ICEBlock app was "criminal in that people were posting where ICE officers lived"

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necoras.bsky.social @necoras.bsky.social · 11h

So is CNN just straight up carrying water for authoritarians now? I've never seen a network hiccup that still blinks. Or that re-records an interview to take back something the interviewee wasn't ready to claim yet.

Trump aide freezes on live TV after controversial claim about president

A Trump administration official faces criticism after allegedly claiming US President Donald Trump has "plenary authority" while on a live interview with CNN.

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necoras.bsky.social @necoras.bsky.social · 12h

Putting troops from another state also makes them more compliant. People don't want to brutalize their neighbors. But half a country away... Well, then it's just following orders.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 23h

Aside from shattering core state sovereignty, it's saying one state's Guard (TX) is somehow more loyal to the national authority than another's (IL). It's treating the latter as something bordering on hostile, or at least alien. One part of the country and its soldiers are more America than another.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 23h

Presidents have federalized a state's own Guard to use over its objection, most famously desegregation. And sometimes regular military has been used. But taking one state's soldiers and putting them in another state? This is a completely unprecedented breakdown of what the Union fundamentally is.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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necoras.bsky.social @necoras.bsky.social · 1d

This, 100% this. All the way. This is the energy we need right now.

Until the end. Stay pissed @hankgreen.bsky.social. We need pissed Hank.

Give me a single reason why Sora2 should exist.

YouTube video by Hank Green

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necoras.bsky.social @necoras.bsky.social · 1d

We've been *defined* as the party of the status quo. Because anything and everything D's try to do is immediately blocked. You can't do anything new for workers (build 3M houses, raise minimum wage, forgive college loans, etc) when you're putting 100% into not sliding backwards.

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 1d

James Talarico: We’ve become the party of the status quo. That’s not the party I signed up for. I have a big problem with the status quo on almost every front. I’m a Democrat because I believe we can change this country to serve working people

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necoras.bsky.social @necoras.bsky.social · 1d

The cruelty is the point...

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1d

Whoaaaaa

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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necoras.bsky.social @necoras.bsky.social · 2d

Historically, failing to pay your military has a very bad ending for a head of state.

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 3d

People are being robbed. The answer to that is not shame or anger.

The answer is empathy and compassion.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

A judge blocked Trump from sending Oregon's National Guard into Portland.

That same judge then blocked Trump from deploying California's National Guard to Portland instead.

This isn't a "left wing" judge — Trump appointed her.

Says a lot about Trump's authoritarian power grab.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 2d

Same.

#AlsoTiredOfWaitingForTheEPSTEIN_Files

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Jenny Rhodes @jennyrhodes42.bsky.social · 3d

Wise words from a wonderful woman.
Please watch.

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Citizens' Impeachment @citizensimpeachment.com · 4d

"The only remedy is impeachment. Anything less is complicity." - Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com

Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 9d

Impeachment isn’t just a political strategy; it’s the last defense of our Constitution. Republicans must act now, decisively and unapologetically. If they do, they may yet save America and themselves…

hartmannreport.com/p/impeach-or...

Impeach or Perish: Why Republicans Must Choose Between Trump and the Constitution

Impeachment isn’t just a political strategy; it’s the last defense of our Constitution. Republicans must act now, decisively and unapologetically. If they do, they may yet save America and themselves…

hartmannreport.com

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necoras.bsky.social @necoras.bsky.social · 4d

I assume everyone on bluesky knows this but it's useful to pass around.

One quibble, Republicans aren't trying to take away the ACA credits, they *have* taken them away. They're shutting down the government because they don't want to give them back.

Why is the government shut down right now? How much will my health ins go up without ACA credits?

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 5d

Jesus spent most of his time healing the sick.

Today, we have politicians in Congress with “Christ-follower” in their Twitter bios — but they’re trying to kick the sick off their healthcare.

And they’re willing to shut down the government to do it.

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NPR @npr.org · 5d

The statue honors Trump's "long-lasting bond" with Epstein, which the president denies. The National Park Service took down the statue after one day last week, saying it didn't comply with its permit.

The Trump-Epstein statue is back on the National Mall, days after its abrupt removal

The statue honors Trump's "long-lasting bond" with Epstein, which the president denies. The National Park Service took down the statue after one day last week, saying it didn't comply with its permit.

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necoras.bsky.social @necoras.bsky.social · 5d

It's a good reminder that we know there are bad actors out there with the ability and experience to hack important systems.

Dieselgate Meet Electiongate: Nathan Explains How People FOOLED Audits to Hide Computer Manipulation

YouTube video by Election Truth Alliance

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 6d

IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.

CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

New York Times: "Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference."

The White House asked nine top universities to pledge support for President Trump’s agenda to help ensure access to research funding.

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necoras.bsky.social @necoras.bsky.social · 6d

Fun fact, not a blimp. Blimps are just balloons. Zeppelins have a rigid internal frame.